But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.

Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away

I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles.

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

There's no tour plans, no reunion, no new album... nothing.

I do not believe profanity has anything to do with Christianity, thank you.

Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good.

You can't stop rock-n-roll!

I love God, Jesus Christ, my three children, mother, father, brother, sisters, family in general, my pets, my students, and true friends.

Believe it or not, I make myself laugh. Sometimes when I have thoughts or say some things that are funny, it just makes me laugh, and I don't mind laughing at it before you guys do.

Almost all thinking people agree that you should not have probability 1 (or 0) for any event, other than one demonstrable by logic, like 2 x 2 = 4.

I used to take hostages in my relationships and not let people be independent. It always ended in disaster, because you take away people's identity and they end up full of resentment.

Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information.

I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet.

For too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.

A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.

Intellectual adherence is never owed to anything whatsoever, for it is never in any degree a voluntary thing. Attention alone is voluntary. It alone forms the subject of an obligation.